The post season has arrived and the Warriors (14-3-1) are on their way to the CHAMPIONSHIP GAME! After a loss to North Allegheny, Oct. 4th, the Warriors were in a must win situation for the remainder of their scheduled season. October 9th the lady Warriors defeated Latrobe 4-2 away on the slick grass field that had players on alert from the on start of the game. PT dominated the majority of the game despite the field conditions and with 3 goals from lead scorer senior forward Amanda Steffey and 1 for the road by sophomore Isabel Siergiej the Warriors were one step closer to their playoff goal.

Penn Trafford traveled to Pine Richland two days later hoping to keep their journey alive against the Rams who defeated them earlier in the season in a surprise 4-2 win over the WPIAl Champs. Senior Sydney Pribanic 2 goals were just not enough to pull out the game. Although the Warriors were struggling with injuries and illness in their first match they were not leaving anything to chance the second time around. Healthy and mentally prepared the team took the field ready for battle. In first half action Sydney Pribanic & Amanda Steffey had a goal a piece with Pine Richland answering back with a goal of their own. Second half action the Rams added another goal sending the game into 7 vs. 7 overtime, a situation the Warriors know well. With both teams playing hard the game winning goal was finally scored when Pribanic fired a hard shot to the left side of the goal half way through overtime keeping the Warriors playoff hopes alive going into the last game of the season with Norwin a must win!

The Warriors met Norwin October 16, for their last regular season game keenly aware of the game going on simultaneously in North Allegheny, needing the Tigers to get the win over Pine Richland to propel the Warriors to the post season. PT Defeated Norwin earlier in the season with a 10-0 win but was not taking anything for granted. Norwin came out much more aggressive and played well on both offense & defense but with goals off the sticks of Steffey, Siergiej and Maggie Saunders the Warriors ended their regular season with a 4-0 win over Norwin! The Warriors night was not over as the team listened to the remainder of the NA vs. PR game which would decide their playoff fate. Their prayers were answered when the Tigers knocked out the Rams in overtime securing the playoff berth for Penn Trafford. Looking ahead the warriors began preparing for the unknown opponent they would face the following week to propel them to the Championship game.

When they learned they would be up against PetersTownship they continued making adjustments to their strategy and went into the game determined to bring home the win. “We have to control the game from the start and make the Indians play “our game” forcing every play and capitalizing on corners to come out on top.” said senior captains Amanda Steffey & Sydney Pribanic. With players like Christian Schratz (Midfielder) and Hannah Wilcox PT would have to have the speed and defense to out maneuver Peters. The Warriors opened the game with a corner pass from Sydney Pribanic to Amanda Steffey for the score on a reverse flip that was answered 15 minutes later with a hard shot by Schratz for the goal. The second half the warriors pulled ahead with a shot off Steffey’s stick to Pribanic with the go ahead goal but with 5 minutes left in the game Schratz answered Peters prayers with a shot fired passed goalie Harry Miller to send the game into overtime! The first overtime Peters was holding their own in a defensive battle holding PT’s 6 penalty corners to zero With the game in the double overtime and both teams fatigued after 75 minutes of play, Amanda Steffey scored in the first minute sending the defending WPIAL AAA Champs to the final game! “Scoring that goal was an awesome feeling I will never forget!” said Steffey. The Lady Warriors will play Fox Chapel to keep their title October 31st at Newman Stadium, NorthAlleghenyHigh School 8pm.